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Black is always ground. Red is tail light. Tracer wire is brake light.
 
Thank you for your reply. My problem is I don't know which of those terminals is which. Two at the bases of the bulbs and one sanding apart.
 
rossco said:
Thank you for your reply. My problem is I don't know which of those terminals is which. Two at the bases of the bulbs and one sanding apart.
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That is standing apart. As you know it's a two filament bulb so which wire serves which side of the bulb?
 
I don't have a bugeye so that I don't know. Someone else will have to come along with that info.
 
Thanks for all your help so far, Bayless. I did run jumpers from each terminal to a test battery. I hooked up the ground to the frame of the light then I jumped from terminal to terminal with the other two wires and found the sides that were dimmest and brightest. I assume the bright is the brake light side. Would that be the tracer wire? Green with purple that goes to the stop light switch.
 
Right. Brake light brighter and gets G/P wire. Tail light re wire.
 
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